A Question of Barack Obama's Character
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A Question of Barack Obama's Character
| Fri, 10-10-2008 - 9:41am |
I know most all of the 0bama supporters on here have already drank the kool-aid, but come on, doesn't this give any of you pause when pulling the lever for him?

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You are right.
No, I'm not kidding.
>The only thing they got him for was poor judgment. <
In that he did use his influence for Keating's gain. He didn't do anything illegal, but he did do something wrong.
>But I do find that the last mortgage crisis of this country had democrats at the wheel of it.
Ah yes, you're one of the ones who thinks McCain was a genius for spotting the problem with Fannie & Freddie in 2005 (and then conveniently forgetting about it when the legislation was resubmitted in 2007.)
You're right. Keating has nothing to do with the current mess. Frankly I don't think McCain does either. But I also don't think that I want a man who was involved in the first crisis and scolded for his involvement to be trying to muddle through this current mess with the cry "deregulation is not the problem!"
Ummm, I think you are reaching with that statement.
Well when you think that McCain was involved in the first crisis I can see why you don't think he would be good to fix this problem.
But the reality is, is that history disagrees with you.
Well according to everything that I have read he didn't do anything wrong, just that he used poor judgment.
The Ethics Committee ruled that the involvement of McCain in the scheme was also minimal, and he too was cleared of all charges against him. McCain was criticized by the Committee for exercising "poor judgment" when he met with the federal regulators on Keating's behalf. The report also said that McCain's "actions were not improper nor attended with gross negligence and did not reach the level of requiring institutional action against him....Senator McCain has violated no law of the United States or specific Rule of the United States Senate." On his Keating Five experience, McCain has said: "The appearance of it was wrong. It's a wrong appearance when a group of senators appear in a meeting with a group of regulators, because it conveys the impression of undue and improper influence. And it was the wrong thing to do."
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